The NASA BEST Activities Guides were designed to teach young scholars the Engineering Design Process. This is one of three guides targeting different grade groups. All follow the same set of activities and teach students about humans'...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Designed to teach students to identify the difference between explicit information and conclusions and to make text-to-self and text-to-text connections. Lessons are based on the provided text "The...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan asking students to use verbal cues in the form of yes/no questions to guess an item inside a bag. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and independent practice are included....

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan asking students to use action cues while playing a game of Charades. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and independent practice are included. Independent practice worksheets are...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Young scholars are guided through a instructional activity to understand the difference between explicit information and conclusions drawn from a text. With free login, users have access to passages...

An electrical circuit guided inquiry where students investigate what an electric circuit is, the main parts of a circuit and the difference between series and parallel circuits. Students groups create a circuit using materials provided...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use the books Nature's Food Chains: What Polar Animals Eat by Joanne Mattern, Life Cycle of a Frog by Angela Royston, and Froggy Goes to School by Jonathan London to learn to...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of four lesson plans designed to develop students' vocabulary skills including understanding prefixes, using context clues, and using a glossary and a dictionary. Lessons are based on the books...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson using the book Long Ago and Today by Rozanne Lanczak Williamsin in which students learn to recognize similarities and differences within a text. Ideas for teaching, guided practice, and...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Teach retelling a story using plot elements through explanation, guided practice, and independent practice as students develop the skill. The text, My Red Balloon by Eve Bunting, must be provided by the...

In this classroom guided inquiry instructional activity, learners will rotate through five stations of various sound instruments to look at how length affects pitch. The five sound stations include: straw flutes, xylophone, water phone,...

This lesson focuses on the types of sensory enhancements and how to effectively use them. SL.9-10.2 eval & integrate sources, SL.9-10.5 Audio Visuals

In this classroom guided inquiry lesson plan, young scholars will become geologists. They will investigate rocks and the properties we can use to describe them. Students will observe, record, and reflect on their findings. They will...

Students use guided scientific observation using a collection of models, visual material, and microscope slides to identify cell organelles. Then they demonstrate their understanding of the parts/characteristics of cells by identifying...

Lesson plan designed for eleventh graders. Students discuss giving and reading multi-step directions while drawing simple pictures of dogs and cats. Includes student handouts and a scoring guide. It comes from a thematic unit on challenge.

In this lesson, students are guided in how to interpret a portrait and in how to plan a portrait that is a drawing or a photograph.

In this lesson, students write their life story. Reflecting on a series of key questions, students will tell the tale of who they really are. Contains links to step sheets for creating a new document in Word, creating Word Art, and...

In this activity, students research the history, meaning, and personal significance of their life story. Students will interview parents and reflect on their own experiences to learn the history of their lives. Contains links to step...

In this lesson, students write a persuasive letter to the President of the United States. Students will research the 2000 Presidential election, interview parents, and reflect on their own opinions and experiences to write their letter....